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Also in 1979, Harold F. Brooks agreed that the main theme of the play, its very heart, is desire and its culmination in marriage. All other subjects are of lesser importance, including that of imagination and that of appearance and reality. [51] In 1980, Florence Falk offered a view of the play based on theories of cultural anthropology. She argued that the play is about traditional rites of passage, which trigger development within the individual and society. Theseus has detached himself from imagination and rules Athens harshly. The lovers flee from the structure of his society to the communitas of the woods. The woods serve here as the communitas, a temporary aggregate for persons whose asocial desires require accommodation to preserve the health of society. This is the rite of passage where the asocial can be contained. Falk identified this communitas with the woods, with the unconscious, with the dream space. She argued that the lovers experience release into self-knowledge and then return to the renewed Athens. This is " societas", the resolution of the dialectic between the dualism of communitas and structure. [51] Unpredictable – long ago, he was in love with Helena. Then he fancied Hermia. Then he woke up and realised that he had been in love with Helena all along… with a little help from fairy magic.

Elvis Costello composed the music for a full-length ballet Il Sogno, based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. The music was subsequently released as a classical album by Deutsche Grammophon in 2004. Howard, Jean E. (2003). "Feminist Criticism". In Wells, Stanley; Orlin, Lena Cowen (eds.). Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide. New York: Oxford University Press. pp.411–23. ISBN 978-0-19-924522-2. The Donkey Show is a disco-era experience based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, that first appeared off Broadway in 1999. [92]Independent - she knows her own mind and defies her father. She stands up for herself when Duke Theseus suggests that she marries Demetrius.

In 1972, Ralph Berry argued that Shakespeare was chiefly concerned with epistemology in this play. The lovers declare illusion to be reality, the actors declare reality to be illusion. The play ultimately reconciles the seemingly opposing views and vindicates imagination. [47] Also in 1972, Thomas McFarland argued that the play is dominated by a mood of happiness and that it is one of the happiest literary creations ever produced. The mood is so lovely that the audience never feels fear or worry about the fate of the characters. [48] Suspicious - when Lysander and Demetrius tell her they love her she thinks it’s a cruel joke. What’s more, she suspects that her best friend, Hermia is in on it. A Midsummer Night's Dream, a UK production shot in Austria, set in an alternative near future. Directed by Sacha Bennett, it features Robert Lindsay as Oberon, Juliet Aubrey as Titania, Lee Boardman as Bottom, Harry Jarvis as Lysander, Tamzin Merchant as Helena, Holly Earl as Hermia, Tyger Drew-Honey as Demetrius and Florence Kasumba as Hippolyta. [ citation needed]Bevington, David (1996). "But We Are Spirits of Another Sort': The Dark Side of Love and Magic in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' ". In Dutton, Richard (ed.). A Midsummer Night's Dream. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp.24–35. ISBN 978-0-333-60197-6. Kilian, Michael. "No holds Bard! This Shakespeare worth giving hoot". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 14 October 2019.

MacQueen, Scott (2009). "Midsummer Dream, Midwinter Nightmare: Max Reinhardt and Shakespeare versus the Warner Bros". The Moving Image: The Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists. University of Minnesota Press. 9 (2): 30–103. doi: 10.1353/mov.2010.0012. eISSN 1542-4235. ISSN 1532-3978. JSTOR 41164591. S2CID 191461112. Alfonse • Anna • Ash • Askr • Bruno • Dagr • Eir • Eitr • Eitri • Elm • Embla • Fáfnir • Feh • Fehnix • Fjorm • Freyja • Freyr • Ganglöt • Ginnungagap • Gullveig • Gunnthrá • Gustav • Heiðr • Hel • Helbindi • Henriette • Hríd • Kiran • Kvasir • Laegjarn • Laevatein • Letizia • Líf • Loki • Mirabilis • Múspell • Nerþuz • Nifl • Njörðr • Nótt • Ótr • Peony • Plumeria • Reginn • Seiðr • Sharena • Surtr • Thórr • Thrasir • Triandra • Veronica • Ylgr • YmirGreen, Douglas E. (1998). "Preposterous Pleasures: Queer Theories and A Midsummer Night's Dream". In Kehler, Dorothea (ed.). A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays. Garland reference library of the humanities. Vol.1900 (reprinted.). Psychology Press. pp.369–400. ISBN 978-0-8153-3890-1. Director 1: Geraldine, I have to admit that would be very atmospheric, and I can see the audience getting involved in the action with such a picturesque setting, there's just one problem, what if it rains? Leeds Barroll, Anna of Denmark, Queen of England: A Cultural Biography (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), p. 83. Presenter: Oberon does say they are ‘ill met by moonlight’, so Geraldine might be into something here.